Latin America – Page 93
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ALTA: Gol expects to retain TAP as partner
Brazil's Gol expects to retain a codeshare agreement with TAP Portugal, despite the European airline being majority-owned by a consortium led by Azul founder David Neeleman.
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ALTA: Avianca to announce new chief next month
Latin American airline group Avianca plans to name its new chief executive in the first two weeks of December, although current chief Fabio Villegas might stay on longer than expected to aid the transition.
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ALTA: Embraer sees Latin orders once economies recover
Embraer arrives at this year’s ALTA Forum with its E-Jet E2 programme humming along as planned, with an unchanged entry-into-service target of 2018, says the company’s chief executive of commercial aviation Paulo Cesar Silva.
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ALTA: VivaColombia eyes international growth
VivaColombia plans to announce up to three new international destinations in 2016, as it prepares to launch its first service to the USA.
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ANALYSIS: Open skies key to unlocking Latin partnership potential
Latin American and Caribbean airline executives arrive in San Juan for this year's ALTA Airline Leaders forum with closer partnerships and investments firmly on the agenda.
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ANALYSIS: GAMA figures show mixed fortunes for general aviation industry
It was a tale of contrasting fortunes for the business and general aviation industry in the first nine months of 2015. The latest statistics from the General Aviation Manufacturers Association reveal that propeller-driven fixed-wing aircraft fared poorly between January and September, while their business-jet counterparts revealed a confident performance compared ...
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ALTA: Mitsubishi sees MRJ70 filling niche in South America
Mitsubishi sees an opportunity to change the aircraft sales conversation in Latin America with its 70-seat MRJ70, Mitsubishi Aircraft chief executive Masao Yamagami tells Flightglobal.
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ALTA: Latin airlines outlook bright despite near-term challenges
As Latin American and Caribbean airline leaders arrive in San Juan for this year’s forum, parts of the region are being battered by economic headwinds which are making life difficult for some members.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Gol prunes network as losses mount
Brazil’s Gol is taking a series of measures to keep costs in line as it steels itself for wider losses this year.
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Aviation has 'no hope' of carbon-neutral growth: study
Oil demand for aviation is set to grow faster than for any other sector through 2040, leaving no hope for the industry to achieve its goal of carbon-neutral growth after 2020 without offsets from other sectors, the International Energy Agency has warned.
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ANALYSIS: Business aviation is bouncing back
It’s show time again for the business aviation industry. The annual NBAA convention, the largest and longest-running event within this niche sector, is returning to the bright lights of Las Vegas – a fitting host for a market that is starting to emerge into the light following a miserable few ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Caribbean carriers expand south as local traffic slumps
Some leading Caribbean-based airlines continue to cut capacity on inter-island routes, deploying seats instead into what some executives see as high-growth markets in South America and elsewhere.
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DUBAI: Embraer Executive Jets closes on 1,000th delivery
Embraer Executive Jets is closing in on its 1,000th aircraft delivery, with the milestone set to be achieved in around 11 years since the division’s launch.
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ANALYSIS: Carriers hunker down to tackle Brazilian woes
Brazil, long viewed as the crown jewel in the Latin American market by airlines abroad, has become more of a drag on carriers’ earnings this year as the country continues to be roiled by an economic recession.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: US-Mexico links heat up even as Latin America cools
Capacity between the USA and Mexico has continued to grow in the past year, a bright spot compared to economic sluggishness elsewhere in Latin America.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: When will IPO window close for emerging LCCs?
When IndiGo's parent Interglobe Aviation launched its long-awaited initial public offering in late October, in many ways it typified airline listings which have or are poised to come to market.
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PICTURES: Interjet SSJ100 hits airbridge at Mexico City
An Interjet Sukhoi Superjet 100 hit an airbridge at Mexico City International airport on 25 October while being towed.
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NewsPICTURES: E190-E2 takes shape in Brazil
Embraer has released pictures of the first prototype of its E190-E2, which is in final assembly at the manufacturer’s headquarters in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil.
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LATAM to add Africa to network
LATAM Airlines Group will launch its first scheduled service to Africa with flights to Johannesburg, as it prepares to begin flights on several new international routes in the following months.
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Sky A319 becomes latest to suffer cowl loss
Chilean investigators are looking into an incident involving a Sky Airline Airbus A319 which returned to Santiago after losing an engine cowl.